Tag



Aug. 6-, 1929. RJLOWY 1,723,873

TAG

Filed March 24, 1928 INVENTOR.

R. LElLuY BY Y ws.

Patented Aug. E, 192% units STATES PATENT @FHQE.

TAG.

Application filed March 24, 1928.

This invention relates to improvements in tags and has particularreference to a tag adapted to be attached to a garment or other piece ofmerchandise which tag may bear the price of the article as well as anotice stating that the article can not be returned if the is removed.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a tag which will beo f such a size as to be conspicuous when attached to an article andfurther to provide a tag which can not be removed from the article towhich it is attached without mutilating the tag.

A further object is to produce a device which is simple to attach andeconomical to manufacture.

A still further object is to produce a device which may be attached toany type of article without mutilating the same.

Other objects and advantages will. be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame.

Figure 1 is a front plan View of my improved tag showing the same inopen position,

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the tag in closedposition, and

Figure 3 is a side elevation of Figure 2.

It a well known fact that various articles are received from storeswhich articles are used or worn and afterwards returned to the storewith the excuse that the article is unsatisfactory for some reason orother.

Applicant has therefore devised a tag which may be attached to anyarticle, which tag is of considerable size and which tag bears a noticestating that if the tag is removed the article can not be returned.Further the tag is so designed that after once being attached to thearticle the removal of the same and an attempt to replace would somutilate the tag that it would be readably visible.

Referring now to Figure 1, the numeral 7 designates the lower portion ofa blank and the numeral 8 one half of the upper portion Serial No.641,366.

and 9 the other half of the upper portion of the blank, which has beenfolded down upon the lower portion the upper and lower portions beingadapted to fold upon each other as indicated by the dotted line 11. Theupper portions 8 and 9 are cut as shown at 12 (see Figure 2. This tag isgumn'ied so that when the upper sections are folded upon the lowersection, an adhesion may take place.

In preparing my tag I fold the top section 9 upon the bottom section 7and insert one end of a cord 13 therebetween. The free end of the cordbrought out as shown at 14: so as to form a loop about the article towhich it is attached after which the end 16 is placed between the bottomsection 7 and the folded over top section 8. It is of course to beunderstood that the surfaces between 7 and 8 are properly moistened tocause the proper adhesion. together the cord will form a raisedprojcetion on the surface of the tag. Therefore, if a person were tosteam the label apart and again attempt to replace the cord, the chancesof getting the cord back in the same place would be very remote andconsequently two raised portions would show ,upon the surface of thetag, one where the cord had been and the other where the cord is nowpositioned. This would be a telltale mark in that the tag had beenremoved.

It will thus be seen that by en'iploying my tag all the objects aboveset forth will be accomplished.

It is to be rmderstood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changesrelative to the material, size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a tag of the characterdescribed, a lower section, an upper section, said upper section beingdivided, one portion of said upper section being folded upon said lowersection, a cord having one of its ends interposed and secured betweensaid lower sec- By tightly pressing the parts lit) tion and said foldedupper portion and adhesive means carried by said low r section and saidremaining upper portion, whereby the remaining end of said cord may besecured when said last mentioned upper section is folded on said bottomsection,

2. A method of forming and applying a tag, comprising first forming ablank having. an upper section and a lower section, dividing the uppersection in two parts, folding one of said parts over and securing it tosaid bottom section and one end ot a cord disposed across the same,securing said cord throngl'i an article to which the tag is to beapplied and placing the remaining end of the cord on said lower sectionin such a manner that the remaining top part when folded upon the bottomsection and glued thereto will retain the last mentioned end of the cordtherebetween.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

RICHARD LOWY.

